Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-25
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Will S1gnallZ0 the IAN IeStlfit1oS 0AlS Cd13
and which will make 1887 memorable.
They cover a period of forty days, dating
from the opening of the great Exposition
September Z, the preparations for which
are on a grander scale than ever. Man.
ager johnson has been working quietly,
but effectively, and promises some sur
prises even to st. Louisans, who are used
to his ways. p. S. Gilmore's unrivaled
band will be the leading musical attrac-
tion, as usual, with new repertoire OF
standard works and musical surprises.
The Bakers, of Dayton, o., have been
heard from, and say that, in spite OF the
drought, they have an unequaled crop OF
popcorn, and will keep the thousands
jaws working while Gilmore tickles their
ears. A magnificent tea hong will also, as
in other wears, be one of the standard at
fractions.
The final settlement of the estate of
Samuel Ellsworth, who died in st. Joseph
last fall, leaving an estate valued at $780,
600, has been made. In his will Ellsworth
left 100000 to the st. Joseph Medical Col
lege, with which he had been prominently
connected. This money has now been set
apart to them, and the name of the col
lege will be changed to the Ellsworth Med
ical College and sHospital. Work on the
hospital, which will be erected at the cor.
ner of Seventh and julie streets, will be
commenced September 1. It will cost $780,
600, and have a capacity for $50 patients.
Frank Stinson, aged thirteen years, fell
from the roof of his home in st. Louis, a
distance of forty feet, few days ago, and
was almost instantly killed.
Mrs. Mary A. Lacroix died in st. Joseph
last week in the eighty year of
her age. She was one of a family of thirty
children, being herself the mother of four.
teen. Mrs. Lacroix moved to st. Joseph
with her husband when it was only viii
lage of a few thousand inhabitants, all her
children being born in st. Joseph.
Frank Newton recently sold his farm
containing 992 acres, and situated nine
miles south of Sedalia, to Colorado parties,
the consideration being 500, 100. Mr.. New
ton, who is one of the largest stock raisers
in that section, will remove to Colorado
about October /.
Walter Brockstedt, a st. Louis printer,
was drowned in the Yellowstone on Au-
gust 7, at Louis Beckman's ranch, near
Billings, Mont. The body was recovered,
500 being found on his person. His faith
err keeps a stationery store in st. Louis,
and his brother runs a job office in the
same city.
VIM. Milan, a prominent merchant, re-
Gently left st. Joseph for Creswick, Aus
tralia, to marry a young lady with whom
he became acquainted in a correspondence,
and whom he has never seen. relative
of Milan's living in Creswick wrote him
letter telling him of the many virtues of
the young lady, and described her as be-
ing both beautiful and rich. He intimat-
ed in the letter that if a correspondence
was desired the young lady would grant
the request. The engagement and pros
pective marriage is the result.
A rumor which obtained circulation some
time ago only to be contradicted by the
person Immediately concerned, has now
received positive confirmation. 1t is that
that Hugh Mottram Brooks, alias Walter
Lennox Maxwell, the convicted murderer
of Preller, at st. Louis, has been received
into the Roman Catholic Church, and is
now a communicate in that creed. In
fact, the conversion dates back consider
able time, at least previous to Mr.. Faunt-
leroy's going to Washington to secure the
writ of error from Justice Miller.
Nearly every priest in st. Louis visited
Most Rev. Archbishop Kenrick to offer him
congratulations and good wishes on the
eighty-frst anniversary of his birth which
occurred last week. He received all most
cordially and cheerily, and had an aphor-
ism or witty saying for each. To one who
spoke encouragingly of his appearance, he
said: eve must praise the Lord but not
be proud" A few leading laymen also
called upon the venerable prelate.
Rev. Father B. Dickman, pastor of the
German Catholic Church in Sedalia, re-
Gently celebrated the twenty fifth ami
versary of his ordination to the priest
hood. Grand high mass was celebrated,
with Father Dickman as celebrant, and
Fathers Hope, of Jefferson City, and
Joachim, of Upton, as archdeacons, after
which an eloquent sermon was preached
by Father Kemplar, of Ohio, who preach
ed the sermon when Father Dickman was
ordained.
ST. Louis detectives recently arrested
Chas. Strider, clerk in the package de-
partment of the Adams Express Company
in that city, on a charge of stealing a
package containing five diamond rings.
valued at $245. The package containing
the rings was found in a pswnshop, where
Strider had put them up, and were re-
covered by the detectives. Strider, when
arrested, admitted the theft, but said it
was his first offense, and pleaded the
urgent need of money, and that he intend
ed to redeem the rings. warrant was
sworn out.
The guests of the Mani anset, as Shelter
Island, as an expression of their admir-
alton of Miss Nina Matthew'S heroism in
recently saving the life of Mr.. George |
Balm, of st. Louis, unknown to her, SUBJ
scribed several hundred dollars, and had
made in New York and presented to her
a beautiful gold and platinum locket,
ornamented on one side with three rubes, |
surrounded by circlet of diamonds, and |
on the other side by Miss Matthews
Inside the locket the follow
ing is engraved: "Presented to Miss Nina |
Matthews, in recognition of her brave act |
of July 20, 1857
Samuel Gam, one of Buchanan County's |
best known and wealthiest citizens, was
shot and fatally wounded a few nights |
ago at his home, Mr.. Gam was standing |
at the well, ten feet. from the kitchen door |
of his house, drawing pail of water. AS |
he lifting the full bucket from the curb a |
man advanced on him from the darkness,
presented a revolver and ordered him to |
throw up both hands. Mr.. Gam replied:
"What do you want here?' at the same |
time drawing back with the pail of water |
and striking his assailant full in the face.
His assailant and a companion both fred |
at him and then escaped in the darkness. |
Rain is much-needed commodity.
An attempt will be made to have the |
case of Hronck, the st. Joseph wife MUIR
derer, reversed, when it is brought up be- |
fore the Supreme Court in October, on the |
ground that the act of the Legislature es- |
tablishing the Criminal Court in Buchan-
an County was unconstitutional.
Lewis Sinclair, the iron foundry super |
intendent at Kansas City, was arraigned /
for his preliminary examination in Wyan-
dotte on the charge of having killed
Nicholas Jones; but Prose-
cuting-Attorney Cree stated that he |